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  • A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond
  • By: Bruce Greyson
  • Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
  • Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (143 ratings)
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By: Bruce Greyson
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Summary

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What happens when we die?

Ten percent of people whose hearts stop and then restart report near-death experiences. Stories of lights, tunnels and reunion with late loved ones have been relayed - and dismissed - since ancient times. But when Dr Bruce Greyson's patients started describing events that he simply could not dismiss, he began to investigate.

In After, he shares the scientific revelations of four decades of research into the dying process. He has become increasingly convinced that dying is less an ending than a transition, the threshold between one form of consciousness and another. Dr Greyson challenges us to consider what these lessons can teach us about the relationship between our brain and our mind, expanding our understanding of consciousness and of what it means to be human.

This audiobook includes three bonus interviews with the author. 

©2021 Bruce Greyson (P)2021 Penguin Audio

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"This long-awaited and amazing book is a major contribution to the study of what happens when we die, and will quickly prove to be a classic in near-death studies." (Raymond Moody, author of Life After Life

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A suggested model to place NDE experiences

In this book, Dr Greyson has compiled and analysed a large collection of NDE's, gleaned over several decades. He also explicitly searches for a metaphysical system into which can best accommodate this phenomenon.
He is forced to reject reductionist materialism, which necessarily must exclude NDE's. One has to chose between the veracity of one or the other.
However, he seems to have reluctantly settled upon a form of dualism, ruing the lack of a better model. But dualism has always suffered from huge philosophical difficulties as to how so called physical and non physical realities interact.
I would suggest that he - along with readers interested in inbedding NDE's within a sympathetic metaphysical system - would do well to explore a form of Idealism ("Objective Idealism") that in recent years has been advanced by the likes of Barnardo Kastrup (e.g. "Why Materialism is Baloney" , "The Idea of the World"...), Donald D Hoffman ("The Case against Reality"...) and others.
The nascent metaphysical system being developed within such works is an elegant and parsimonious system into which phenomena such as NDE's make a perfect fit.

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This book may change your life

Detailing his research into the experiences of those who report NDEs, or Near Death Experiences, Bruce Greyson's book is remarkable. His skepticism is moderated by a sincere search for the truth, and as a psychiatrist the search for what can help his patients.

What he discovers over 40 years is a remarkable glimpse of a world in which love and compassion are the true foundation of all existence.

A work of real interest and beauty, I cannot recommend this book enough, especially for those who are finding their life difficult.

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Theraputic

I've mentioned this book to people many times since finishing it due to finding it quite powerful and affirming. I'm not sure I would say the book is unbiased, and Greyson does not include much empirical data to back up his research, but there is something about hearing NDE accounts that is theraputic. The book isn't overtly religious or secular, and straddles the line quite well considering.
it isn't a book of individual NDEs like The Truth In The Light (my fave book so far on NDE), but more a musing on the subject based on years of qualitative data collection, which granted, we have little direct access to, save for the glimpses given. Nonetheless, it works as both an interesting introduction to the subject as well as working as a jumping off point for those looking for 'answers' for want of a better word.
I would classify myself as having a seesaw approach to life after death but this book has added a little more weight to the case for it. To be fair, I think the book leans in that direction, but not obnoxiously so. In any case, It is certainly fascinating whether it holds any deeper meaning for you or not.

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Fascinating and life-affirming

It's okay to be comfortable with the unknown. It's reassuring that what's beyond death is something nurturing, all=embracing, and unconditional.

Expertly read by Sean Patrick Hopkins.

Scientific (yes, really!) book of 2021 in my eyes.

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brilliant its a must read again.

excellent book if you want to learn about nde ,best I have listened to and a great narrator.

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Fascinating and thought provoking

I enjoyed the book a lot. It's an area I find fascinating but one that I'm also sceptical about. I've heard many compelling stories over the years but also many that would raise an eyebrow to put it nicely. Dr. Bruce Greyson's experiences and analysis are presented in an open minded yet logical manner. He doesn't strike me as a person who gets carried away with fanciful thinking or one that has a belief system he is trying to defend or justify. For those who have never had an NDE like myself, it's hard to merely just believe the accounts of others and that's why I find stories where the person involved reveals information that seems unlikely for them to know far more interesting. There's a lot we don't understand about death and the process of dying, and books like this, which approach the subject from logical and scientific perspective, are very refreshing and much needed.
I didn't enjoy the way the book was read but this is a minor gripe. I ended up finding the way he changed voices for people who weren't the author a little ridiculous and distracting.
Still, for the content overall, highly recommended.

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Life affirming and life changing

This book had a profound impact on me. If you are curious about your path in life and seek more meaning, do listen to After. For anyone contemplating their own mortality, this is an immensely reassuring listen.

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Very insightful

I read an article about this book that lead me to downloading the audiobook version. This was a great introduction to the world of NDE’s and I was fascinated with all the experiences he had gathered from firsthand sources throughout his profession. I will recommend this book to everyone. Although the narrator sounded a bit too robotic the content made up for it and kept me hooked.

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A refreshingly open-minded account of NDEs

A very interesting and open-minded scientific account of Near Death Experiences. The implications of NDEs are discussed in a thoughtful manner.

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fascinating and thought provoking

amazing book , a well written pragmatic and scientific approach to a potentially spiritual occurrence, has given me a lot to think about

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